WASHINGTON — US Republicans on Thursday denounced President Barack Obama’s handling of a budget feud in an angry, all-out assault that saw one of them acidly urge him to take a powerful anti-anxiety drug. “Maybe if he’d just...

Former US president Bill Clinton said Thursday that he expects to see fellow Democrat Barack Obama re-elected to the White House in 2012. “I’ll be surprised if he’s not re-elected,” Clinton told ABC News....

CARACAS — The mystery surrounding the medical condition of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez deepened with the postponement of a major regional summit he was due to host next week. Officials say the 56-year-old anti-American firebrand, who has...

Tunisia’s ousted president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali faces new weapons and drug charges in a Tunis court Thursday a week after he was sentenced in absentia to 35 years in jail for embezzling public funds. The disgraced ex-strongman, who fled...

HAVANA — Hugo Chavez appeared on Cuban state television, with revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, for the first time since the Venezuelan president underwent emergency surgery in Cuba. The 56-year-old appeared to have lost weight, but was animated...

RAYMOND, New Hampshire — Republican White House hopeful Michele Bachmann took her campaign on the road Tuesday seeking to shake off her gaffe-prone speaker image and pledging a change in direction for the country. A day after officially...

CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas on protesters in central Cairo after violent clashes that left several injured, an AFP photographer said. Tahrir Square, the epicentre of protests that toppled president Hosni Mubarak,...

Several strange edits have shown up on Wikipedia entries pertaining to famed Americans referenced by Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann — specifically, it appears that her fans have attempted to rewrite the lives of actor...

NEW YORK — A former vice president of Citigroup has been arrested on bank fraud charges after he allegedly embezzled more than $19 million from the bank, US prosecutors said on Monday. Gary Foster, 35, was detained at New York’s John F....

WASHINGTON (AFP) – With a January deadline looming on a US law mandating energy efficiency standards for lightbulbs, some political forces don’t want to turn out the lights. More than a dozen Republican lawmakers are backing efforts to...

CARACAS (AFP) – The Venezuelan government rejected reports Sunday that President Hugo Chavez is in critical condition following emergency surgery in Cuba, insisting the firebrand leftist leader was “recovering well.” Chavez’s...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann plans to launch her Republican presidential bid late on Sunday with a tour of key primary states Iowa, New Hampshire and North Carolina. The Minnesota representative is returning to her...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – With a January deadline looming on a US law mandating energy efficiency standards for lightbulbs, some political forces don’t want to turn out the lights. More than a dozen Republican lawmakers are backing efforts to...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama’s military commanders have said he ignored their advice for a more modest drawdown from Afghanistan and warned his decision carries risks for the war effort. Both General David Petraeus and...

WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives will vote Friday on a resolution aimed at limiting the US military role in Libya without undermining NATO there, Republican House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday. “This is primarily a fight...